... RE PORTS .OF- THHE PASTy HARVEST. -(From the Gardeners-' Chronicle.) The -words Below and ccOver, in the colunins of Past Averages, signify that the past. averag hsbe'elw or over that of thC rsn er h ako ltroainipista threshing has not proceeded so far as to justify an answer to the questions that have been put. The symbols. X and - after any fiure are to be read .and upwards ccaud ...

... FRIDAY, DEC. 17,1 On the motion of Sir George Grey, the petition, complaining of the conduct of Lord Fitmnardinge in the Wl est Gloucester election, VeS ret ferred to the Committee of Privileges. ?? answer to a question from MrGladstosc, Lord J. Russell said, he could not slate the precise day when he should be abl& to bring forward the measure relating to the navigatiit laws, but he was ...

... COeRnESlPONfDiVeCE. To the Editor of the Jpgtnicl Journal. Gislinghiam, near Eye, 7th Dec., 1847. DEPR SIR,-On Sunday last, at the invitation of my frienlds Mr. Harriss, of Botesdale, I had the gratification of witnessing an instance of the application of Chloroform ,s a nicans of obviating the pain of surgical operations, an s n local testimony to its efficacy and easy manage. ment may be ...

... blb ?? )tditorn o4 the ljwwltehl Jant'ntidl Sktir-Some anonymnous letters signed M having tra. bently appeared in the Ipswoiek Joturnal, upon the subject of the drainage of the Town of Bungay, as an inhabitant of the Hamllet of liungay, 1 beg leave to state that some years ago an alteration wras made in the drainage of the town, by which the outfall of some part of the towvn drains was muade ...

... To the EDIT'O of the OXFORD JOURNAL. S oaddress myself to Mr. Jordan on the subject of his ltter published in your paper of last week, for I have no acquanatance with him except by name, nor do I address myself to the Archdeacon of Oxford. for that would be to follow Mr. Jordan's indecorous example, but I address myself, to you, Sir. because, in publishing Mr. Jordan's letter, you have, ...

... THE TOWN COUNCIL.-THE MAYOR ELECT. BY our report of the proceedings of thc Town Council, at their monthly mceting ou Wednesilay, it will be seen that George Sutfern, Esq., has been unanimously elected to fill the important office of i\ayor of this borough during the ensuing year. We need hardly say that we congratulate the Council on their choice, and Mr. Suffern upon his election. Mr. Suf- ...

... spirit of thC vrm. ALTAR 1)ENUNCIATION-PROPOSED INVESTIGA- TION. (From the Dublin Evrening Mail) WM refer with the highest gratification to the observations miade by Lord Beaumsont, himself a Roman Catholic, respect. ing the denunciations from the altar of pcrsons subsequently muriered, which Lord Farnharn had charged ?? of the Rtoman Catholic priestilood with having made. 4s These charges, ...

... some irritation against the commissioners, who are rather unfairly made responsible for our hasty summary portion of their opinions. A correspondent of a provincial paper most gratuitously declares that the report is part of conspiracy against the Welsh dissenters. As far as we have seen, the commissioners are, on the whole, more friendly to the dissenters than to the church—at least they have ...

... Dublin, Dbc. 18. We had a short pause from murder. One week past, and we were all gratulation at the prospect of order and the restoration of better feelings to the wicked men who are platting scourges for their own backs. Again the old violence breaks upon us in all its ferce. The country papers bring intelligence of three brutal murders, one in Limerick and two in Longford, with an attempt ...

... IHOUSE 0)! COOUAIONS. FRIDAY, DECEMtBER, 10,1 Sir G. Grey, in answer to Lord Nugent. stated, with reference to the se. parate confinement of prisoners betbre trial, that it was nost the intention of government to propose any altera- tion of the existing law. Justices assembled in seesions, subject to the approval of the Home Secretary, had the power to make this regulation, the object of which ...

... 4FOVO1 CaCOMPO UcnUDOl @egtte. I LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OPFICE, DEC. 20. Notice is hereby given, that the usual weekly dis- tribution of tickets from this office will be discontinued during the recers of parliament, it being necessary to close the House of Lords during that time. WILLOUGHiiY DE ERESBY. G.C . W'HITEHIALL, DEC. 18. The Qteen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be ...

... FORE 1-SG N.:E:WS. - FRANCE. * - I. ~ fE Lotd Normanby, the British Ambassador, re- turned to Paris on . Satuiday, 'asid had a long interview with the Kind>, at the Palace of St. Cloud, on Sunday. 'The session of the French Chambers, which commences on the 2lths lost. , is' likely to be a stormy, one, and all parties are nowv busily preparing for the parliamentary cempaingo. if the OppOeAl ...